Worst Examples Of Blackface, Yellowface & Whitewash in 21st Century

[galaxy98]

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It’s disgusting that this kind of ‘transformative acting’ still used even in new century. The worst I can think of was the casting of Emma Stone as Asian American in Aloha, the entire cast of The Last Airbender, Maddie Ziegler in Music (Oh Body music), Robert Downey in Tropic Thunder, and Eddie Murphy in Norbit (this one is so awful and offensive that I had no more words for it)

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[Anton Spivack Joined: Jun 22nd, 2017 Topics: 6 Posts: 279 View Predictions]

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Not to mention cripface in Glee and Music.

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[JV Joined: Dec 31st, 2019 Topics: 0 Posts: 546 View Predictions]

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Robert Downey in Tropic Thunder

Actually, his character is a satire. He criticizes the blackface in Hollywood. It was intentional.

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[wolfali Joined: Sep 4th, 2018 Topics: 272 Posts: 21218 View Predictions]

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Remember Sandra Oh’s iconic call out of this

FYC Emmys: "The Crown" in all categories, "I May Destroy You" in all categories, "It's a Sin" in all categories, "Small Axe" in all categories, Billie Piper ("I Hate Suzie"), Yvonne Strahovski ("Stateless") and Ruth Wilson ("His Dark Materials")

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[Barbra please Joined: Oct 21st, 2018 Topics: 18 Posts: 432 View Predictions]

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JV wrote:

Actually, his character is a satire. He criticizes the blackface in Hollywood. It was intentional.

Oh yes, my bad.

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[Melvinezq Joined: Aug 7th, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 499 View Predictions]

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Anton_Spivack wrote:

Not to mention cripface in Glee and Music.

or My Left Foot and The Theory of Everything? Sorry, I can’t quite understand the differences.

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[Stank83 Joined: Mar 8th, 2020 Topics: 77 Posts: 1316 View Predictions]

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I swear, anyone mentioning Robert Downey Jr in Tropic Thunder as an example of blackface is dumb as hell.

That’s literally a parody of the pretentious, self centered method actor.

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[Eddy Q Joined: Oct 13th, 2012 Topics: 23 Posts: 5054 View Predictions]

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Barbra please wrote:

Eddie Murphy in Norbit (this one is so awful and offensive that I had no more words for it)

I haven’t seen Norbit but I have to wonder how makeup artist Kazu Hiro, who was Oscar-nominated for the project along with Rick Baker, felt about putting Eddie Murphy in yellowface.

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[boredandricho (they/them) Joined: Mar 16th, 2021 Topics: 0 Posts: 366 View Predictions]

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Stank83 wrote:

I swear, anyone mentioning Robert Downey Jr in Tropic Thunder as an example of blackface is dumb as hell. That’s literally a parody of the pretentious, self centered method actor.

 

it is blackface at the end of the day tho

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[Eddy Q Joined: Oct 13th, 2012 Topics: 23 Posts: 5054 View Predictions]

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boredandricho (they/them) wrote:

it is blackface at the end of the day tho

Downey was playing a white Australian actor who underwent “pigmentation alteration” in order to play a black role. It’s not blackface in the classic sense where white actors were playing genuine black characters, without any degree of remove.

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[Kelvin Joined: Mar 10th, 2020 Topics: 7 Posts: 491 View Predictions]

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the upcoming irma vep remake with alicia vikander

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[estrelas Joined: Jul 25th, 2018 Topics: 2 Posts: 3962 View Predictions]

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Wasn’t Zoe Saldana trashed left and center for darkening her skin in order to play Nina Simone?

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[theexterminator Joined: Dec 15th, 2016 Topics: 4 Posts: 583 View Predictions]

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Marlon and Shawn Wayans in White Chicks.

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[schmids Joined: Oct 10th, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 419 View Predictions]

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Stank83 wrote:

I swear, anyone mentioning Robert Downey Jr in Tropic Thunder as an example of blackface is dumb as hell. That’s literally a parody of the pretentious, self centered method actor.

Because the internet takes things out of context. There are plenty of people on Twitter etc who just see a still image and form their opinions based on that. The lack of nuance on social media is a nightmare to navigate.

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[vinny Joined: May 20th, 2011 Topics: 23 Posts: 76755 View Predictions]

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theexterminator wrote:

Marlon and Shawn Wayans in White Chicks.

beat me to it

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